My girls

We are three of five but the other two live a few hours away.  

These are my girls.  

The goddesses by name.

We have been friends for a really long time.

We don't get together nearly enough.

They came today to meet baby E.

My heart is fuller after their visit.

I love you girls.

I missed you other two!

Looking forward to the day we are all together!

Good eating at our house!

We have been so spoiled with food!

EJ's folks fed us for four nights in a row when we returned home from the hospital.  It was delicious!

Next, the girlfriends started bringing food.  We have had a hot meal delivered each night for the past 9 days and we have 2 more meals coming in the next two days.

We have three more meals coming in the next couple of weeks.

We are so grateful!

To each of the precious women who have prepared a meal for us.  We love you!!!

You have allowed this happy Momma the freedom to snuggle a baby instead of cook meals.  I promise you that when it is your turn I'll be the first to sign up to bring you a meal. :)

Feel the LOVE

I haven't cooked for a long time.  I just can't stomach the idea of preparing food.  My poor family is eating easy to prepare, pre-packaged foods.  We are also eating out all the time.  There are only so many places in our little town to eat out.  After a while, everything just sounds gross.


For some reason my nausea is worse in the late afternoon and evening.  That makes the "What are we going to eat for dinner?" question even more unbearable to me.


This afternoon, I was trying to figure out what to feed my family. 


The truth is I just kind of wanted to lay on the couch and cry about it.


I am sick and tired.  I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.  You know what I mean?


Then I heard my phone.


It was a text from a precious friend.


"Do you have dinner plans?" (the answer of course was no)


"Can I bring dinner to you tonight?" (the answer of course was YES!)


The most delicious meal arrived at our house just in time for dinner.


My family celebrated!  Real food!


I am so grateful. 

Not only did my friend make me feel so loved by this act of kindness but it also made me feel loved by our Heavenly Father. 

He sees me.

Genesis 16:13
She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

J. thank you so much for blessing us tonight!

goddess weekend

There are five of us.

Five women who have been friends for a long time.

Four of us went to high school together and we adopted the fifth member in college.

The "goddesses" got their name from an inside joke many years ago.

So far we have four husbands in the mix (and one serious boyfriend).

They are all generous enough to give us up for one weekend a year.

We do something different every year.

We always try to include a massage and at least one fun activity.

This year we went to an awesome local business (owned by a gal who went to our high school).

She let us pick out a special painting and then she taught us how to paint it.

It was fun to see how each one of our paintings came out.

Unique just like each of us.

We spend our time together talking, laughing, crying, praying and laughing some more.

These are beautiful women and I love every one of them.